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Topical Questions
Dirprwy Lywydd, I share the Member's concern about the transition from the shared prosperity fund to the local growth fund and the capital and revenue proportions as set by the Treasury for Wales in the growth fund. There was nothing in the spring statement…
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Topical Questions
Well, Dirprwy Lywydd, over the full five-year forecast period to 2030, real GDP is forecast to increase on average each year by 1.5 per cent, and that is unchanged compared with forecasts last November. There is downward revision in the early period. It's…
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Topical Questions
So, over the three years of the spring statement changes, there's £4 million in each year of general capital uplift. In the first year, there is £5 million, in the second year, £8 million, and, in the third year, £11 million in revenue that flows from…
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Topical Questions
Thank you very much to Heledd Fychan, Dirprwy Lywydd.
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Topical Questions
Thank you very much. The spring statement provides an additional £555 million to Wales over the next three years. The Welsh Government's settlement over the next three years is almost £6 billion higher than it would have been under the spending plans set out…
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Motion to vary the order of consideration of Stage 3 amendments to the Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill
Move.
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
What Delyth Jewell says, Dirprwy Lywydd, is so true of the Welsh language. People who speak English who make mistakes all the way through the way they speak, it never occurs to them that this would be a reason for not carrying on speaking English, but people…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Well, I do, of course, and I thank Delyth Jewell for the work that her committee does. I look forward to appearing before the committee again next week.
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
I thank Jane Dodds, Dirprwy Lywydd. When young people leave Wales to study and so on, there's more we can do to help them to continue with their Welsh. And I've been speaking to the coleg cenedlaethol, alongside Vikki Howells, to support the work that they're…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Dirprwy Lywydd, I thank Alun Davies, and I thank him for the ambition behind 'Cymraeg 2050'. In the discussions regarding Arfor 2 this morning, people were focused on the energy behind the initiatives and the opportunities that people have created through…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
I thank Heledd Fychan, Dirprwy Lywydd. The commission was established to provide independent advice to us as a Government, and that is what the commission has done in its work. On the timetable, well, work has already begun. We've started the work of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Thank you very much to Tom Giffard for those questions. I agree with him, of course, that the language is important the length and breadth of Wales, regardless of where you live in Wales, and that's why I look forward to the second report of the commission. I…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
The key point that was raised was the need for flexibility in the designation process. I agree with this. If we rely too much on a single threshold, we risk drawing lines on a map that don't reflect the complex factors that shape the linguistic…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
We've extended the bilingual Flying Start childcare provision, we've developed 'More than just words', created new opportunities for people to attend the National Eisteddfod, and there's been new investment in the Urdd. All this and more are achievements of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh-speaking Communities
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Cymraeg belongs to all of us and it belongs to all Ministers and covers all responsibilities of the Welsh Government in the fields of health, education, planning and the economy, and every other field. Today, I can only…
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The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026
I listened carefully to what Sam Rowlands said, Dirprwy Lywydd. I suppose I was a bit surprised to hear it, given that, in England, his Government, when Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister, abolished this relief altogether on the grounds that it was ineffective…
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The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026
These regulations amend the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017. They provide an increase in the rate that applies to the multiple dwellings relief minimum tax rule. The minimum tax rule ensures a transaction cannot be…
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The Land Transaction Tax (Modification of Relief for Acquisitions Involving Multiple Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, for the last time this afternoon.
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The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026
Thank you, Chair.
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The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendments to Schedule 5) Regulations 2026
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. These regulations amend the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017. They provide a new refund rule for certain transactions that are subject to the higher residential rates of land…
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Diolch yn fawr.
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026
As usual, I'm grateful to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee for its consideration of these regulations. I have considered and responded to the scrutiny points that were raised. A small number of minor amendments will be made to the…
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Dirprwy Lywydd, these regulations implement the final element in this Senedd term's package of measures to address avoidance of non-domestic rates, which we have developed through joint working with local government over this term and the previous term. The…
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Artificial Avoidance Arrangements) (Local Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the motion.
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Value of Differential Multipliers) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Two thirds of hospitality businesses in Wales, by their own industry assessment, pay no rates already. We deliberately focused these changes in a relatively narrow sector, where we thought the case was strongest, in order to test the machinery to see how it…
